come off

verb

1. (also preposition) to fall (from), losing one's balance

2. to become detached or be capable of being detached

3. (preposition) to be removed from (a price, tax, etc)

   will anything come off income tax in the budget?

4. (copula) to emerge from or as if from a trial or contest

   he came off the winner

5. informal,  to take place or happen

6. informal,  to have the intended effect; succeed

   his jokes did not come off

7. slang,  to have an orgasm

8. informal,  stop trying to fool me!

Idioms and Phrases

Happen, occur, as in The trip came off on schedule . [Early 1800s]

Acquit oneself, reach the end. This usage always includes a modifier, as in Whenever challenged he comes off badly , or This model is doomed to come off second-best . [Mid-1600s]

Succeed, as in Our dinner party really came off . [Mid-1800s]

See come off it .

Example Sentences

The club can’t do the same with Yamamoto, but could still try advocating for him to be used more conservatively in the tournament coming off his especially burdensome October performance.

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We had just come off a tour, “Siamese Dream,” which was a 14-month tour, and we went in the studio for eight months, made the “Mellon Collie” record, and we immediately went back on tour.

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The really big news is that Oliver has been able to come off the weekly infusion of the missing enzyme.

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In the starting lineup, coming off the bench or even on the pickleball court, Marcus Smart knows he can deliver what the Lakers need.

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U.S. stocks on Friday came off an extremely turbulent ride on Wall Street.

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Related Words

• go off 
• go over 
• pan out